Echoes of the Fey: The Fox's Trail

Echoes of the Fey: The Fox's Trail

Echoes of the Fey: The Fox's Trail is an English-language adventure game/visual novel that mixes a high fantasy setting with the mysteries and conspiracies of pulp detective fiction. Play as Sofya Rykov, a private investigator with a secret of her own: unstable magic powers she uses to solve her cases. In "The Fox's Trail", Sofya is hired to track down a missing Leshin with connections to the Human resistance during the occupation.

Echoes of the Fey: The Fox's Trail

Echoes of the Fey: The Fox's Trail

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For the first time in almost thirty years, the land of Oraz is at peace. For three decades, the Humans and Leshin waged a brutal war over the right of Humans to power their cities and machines with magic. But the Leshin people have overthrown their theocratic leaders who pushed to extend the war and ushered in a new era of reconciliation and reconstruction.
This peace, however, is fragile and strained under the shared history of the two peoples. This is true nowhere more than the city of Vodotsk, a historically Human city that was occupied and ruled by the Leshin for years. Old grudges among the Humans have re-emerged. Leshin who lived there for years as rulers must decide whether to return beyond the Great Forest or stay as second-class citizens. And the wounds of the war threaten to re-open whenever the two peoples come into contact.
Echoes of the Fey is a series of detective stories set in the high fantasy world of Oraz starring Sofya Rykov, a Human private investigator with a dangerous secret: following a near-death experience in the war, she spontaneously developed the ability to use magic. She is joined by her Leshin partner, Heremon ir-Caldy, a doctor fascinated by Sofya’s magic but fearful it will soon come at the cost of her life. Together, Sofya and Heremon navigate the mysteries and tensions of Vodotsk, the city they intend to make both their hiding place and their home.
The Fox's Trail is the first episode of the series and concerns a missing Leshin, presumed dead during the war. Sofya and Heremon must explore Vodotsk and dig up a dark secret that threatens to shatter the fragile peace between their two peoples. The majority of the gameplay is traditional visual novel dialog trees, with dozens of choices that can affect the story and Sofya's ability to solve the mystery on her own. There is also a 2-D representation of the city to explore and side quests to discover more about the world, as well as deepen Sofya's relationships with the characters.

Reviewed ByMirithorn

Review title of MirithornGood for the price

If you like narrative games and fantasy stories you should give this game a chance. The story is thoughtful and the art style is unique.

17 out of 18 people found this helpful.

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Reviewed ByTatanka2007

Xbox

55User Rating: 5 out of 5

Submitted on1/19/2018

Review title of Tatanka2007Nicely Done Visual Novel

I was pleasantly surprised with this title. Visual novels are all but nonexistent on X1. This is partially voiced in English, also a rarity. Beside the standard dialogue choices you can choose your path quite literally. The story is a well executed mystery with a fantasy setting and intriguing characters. Not much to criticize. except no auto read and the inconsistencies in dialogue being voiced. Sometimes a conversation is fully voiced, but too often only one character is fully voiced. And then sometimes all characters are only partially voiced in the same conversation! That's just a distraction from a lovingly illustrated VN.

5 out of 5 people found this helpful.

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Reviewed ByJessicaStar 77

Xbox

55User Rating: 5 out of 5

Submitted on2/7/2018

Review title of JessicaStar 77Excellent adventure and storytelling

There's more story and worldbuilding in this 4-6 hour game than many five times its length. I wanted to try a visual novel style game and this was surprisingly more than expected, reminding me of some of my fav adventure games just without all the puzzles. It is mostly dialogue and choices but there is a town map to get around giving you more direct control over the order of events and exploration. Somewhere between Telltale and a classic VN, with a fantastic story. I really really want more.

2 out of 2 people found this helpful.

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Reviewed ByObi wan Xbox

Xbox

15User Rating: 1 out of 5

Submitted on9/3/2017

Review title of Obi wan Xboxnothing but crap dialog

boring and nothing but dialog

10 out of 39 people found this helpful.

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